I breathed a sigh of relief when I saw him riding back from afar.
Zhou Mingli parked his bicycle in its original spot, but didn't leave immediately. He asked, "Captain, my door was kicked down by Zhou Laoda. I'd like the production team to approve some timber and bricks to make a door and a fence around the yard. Could you tell me what the procedure is?"
The door was kicked down by Boss Zhou?!
The captain was shocked. "What happened?"
Zhou Mingli didn't intend to hide anything from Zhou Laoda, and told the brigade leader what had happened after they returned home from town.
The captain's face darkened. He put his hands behind his back and said, "Come on, I'll go to your house and see what's going on!"
...
Jiang Ci and Sister-in-law Yu were washing clothes by the river. She watched how Sister-in-law Yu washed the clothes and followed her movements step by step to learn.
Zhou Miao also wanted to rub it together, but as soon as her little hand touched the clothes, Jiang Ci gently slapped her hand.
Jiang Ci said, "How old are you? You're not allowed to play in the water. Go play with your brother over there."
"I'll help Mom wash clothes," Zhou Miao said in her sweet, childlike voice, a hint of hope in her voice.
Jiang Ci said, "You can help me when you're seven years old."
"Your Miaomiao is very sensible." Sister-in-law Yu looked at Zhou Miao with a smile. "She didn't make a fuss at all today. She was very well-behaved. Yangyang, on the other hand, played well with Dazhu and Erzhu and ran around behind them."
Jiang Ci smiled and said, "Yang Yang has a rather lively personality."
As soon as they said Zhou Yang, he ran to Jiang Ci's side and said in a simple, honest voice, "Mom, I want to play in the water!"
Jiang Ci, "Children playing in the water will see ghosts at night."
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao both opened their eyes wide at the same time.
The two of them screamed in unison, "A ghost!?"
They started running around in all directions, screaming, "Ahhh!!"
The two kids were making such a racket that Sister-in-law Yu couldn't help but laugh.
Even Jiang Ci couldn't help but smile.
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao ran around for a while, and finally huddled obediently next to Jiang Cidi, not daring to run around anymore or mention playing in the water again.
Sister-in-law Yu said, "You need to buy another lock, so that thieves won't come to your house to steal things again."
Jiang Ci agreed wholeheartedly and nodded, saying, "We also need to make the door very sturdy, so that no one can kick it down."
Zhou Miao seemed to understand something, but not quite, asked, "Mom, did a thief break into our house?"
Before Jiang Ci could answer, Sister-in-law Yu chimed in, "That's right, luckily your mom and dad took all the valuables with them, otherwise your family would have been in big trouble."
Zhou Miao seemed to be thinking of something, and after a moment of stunned silence, she suddenly ran towards home.
When Zhou Yang saw this, he ran after her, shouting as he ran, "Miao Miao! Miao Miao! Why are you running!"
Miao Miao exclaimed, "My candy! My candy!"
"The thief stole candy!"
Zhou Yang was stunned for a second, then let out a shout and, with his short legs, ran faster than Zhou Miao, yelling, "My meat!!!"
Jiang Ci and Sister-in-law Yu exchanged a glance and burst out laughing.
The two children ran home in the sweltering heat, dashed into the room, and each ran to their own little corner where they had hidden things, and began to rummage through them.
Brother Yu saw the two little kids and asked, "What are you two doing?"
Zhou Yang and Zhou Miao had no time to pay attention to him, and were busy looking for their own things.
Zhou Miao was looking through the candy her mother had given her when she was sick and taking medicine, while Zhou Yang...
He secretly hid two pieces of meat!
He secretly hid two pieces of meat while we were eating last night!
We can't let a thief take it!
Zhou Miao found her candy and breathed a sigh of relief, but Zhou Yang burst into tears.
"My meat! My meat!"
The pitiful cries of Zhou Yang, a child, sounded especially heartbreaking amidst the chaotic mess.
Zhou Mingli and the brigade leader returned at this time. Hearing the child's pitiful cries, the brigade leader was startled.
He quickened his pace and saw, sure enough, two doors that had been kicked open leaning against the wall. Further inside, the table had collapsed, and there were wood chips on the floor that hadn't been swept up yet. The entire room had just been cleaned, and there wasn't even a sheet on the bed; things were scattered haphazardly.
The two dilapidated houses were in a mess and looked miserable.
Especially with the addition of a skinny, dark-skinned little kid crying his eyes out.
miserable.
Who wouldn't say it's tragic after seeing this?
The captain's face was as black as the bottom of a pot. "Did Boss Zhou do all this?"
Zhou Mingli nodded, and Brother Yu stood up at this moment, "That's right, I can testify, Captain, that guy surnamed Zhou is no good! You don't know how bad he is! Not only did he steal from his own brother's house, but he also smashed and threw everything away! Look at that door, is that something a brother would do?"
The captain cursed, "That bastard!"
Zhou Mingli said indifferently, "It's okay, my wife has already smashed up his house too."
The captain was speechless, almost choking on Zhou Mingli's words.
Without delaying his business, he looked at the door to Zhou Mingli's inner room and said, "The team still has timber, but you should know that you need to use ration coupons and money to buy it, but I don't think your family has any ration coupons."
Zhou Mingli remained silent; he indeed did not have such a ticket.
"Your house needs some tidying up too. I'll allocate some of your paychecks next month to you for the gate and the fence, but you'll need to pay the money first and give it to the accountant as collateral."
Upon hearing this, Zhou Mingli didn't mince words and asked, "How much money do you need?"
How big of a wall do you plan to build?
Zhou Mingli thought for a moment, looked around, and then estimated the size with a stick, saying, "About this big."
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